After meeting at St. Christopher's, our group stepped just outside
the church to the bus stop. Sarah, Rachel (British chaperones), Ryan, and Jack
joined us & we all hopped a bus to the center of Bradford. We walked a
short distance to the Science & Media Museum where we met up with Tony. We
had a couple of hours to explore the museum that includes exhibits on the moon
landing, history of British TV, and a history of video games with working
systems that have been obsolete for years. When we finished there we took a
short walk through the streets of Bradford. We ended up in a park next to the
government building where we met Liam with a lunch picnic. Bradford Cathedral
was next, it is one of three cathedrals in the Diocese of Leeds, since the merger
of Diocese of Ripon, Wakefield, and Bradford a few years ago. We were greeted
by The Very Rev. Jerry Lepine, Dean of the Cathedral and were able to spend
time walking around and taking pictures. We traveled to another part of
Bradford to Mandi Masjid, a Muslim mosque and met Rifaaqat Ali who sat down
with the group to explain the muslim culture in Bradford, how they prayer, and
their theology. "It was really neat to see how the culture here is
centered around the mosque and that it is a community not unlike ours. I was
also surprised at how much alike our beliefs are, and how similar the Bible and
Qoran are.", stated Abby, who along with the others took part in a prayer
reading.
To get a little more taste of
the diverse culture of Bradford, we headed to the Bombay Stores. Full of Indian
dresses, saris, sherwani's, bangles, and other accessories, the group did a
little shopping before heading to dinner of Indian curry. After dinner we ended
the day at Phillipa's for ice cream and games.
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